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## 	Replication Files: 
##	"Mirrors and Mosaics: Deciphering Chinese and Russian Domestic Bloc-Building Narratives"
##	Authors: Ming Ma,Daniil Romanov,Alexander Libman and Genia Kostka
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## 	General Information:
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## 	1. Computational Requirements: 
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##	   There are no specific computational requirements to run the code. 
##	   Any standard personal computer (multi-core) with R installed will 
##     be able to reproduce the results presented in the paper.
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## 	2. R, Python version and Operating System:
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##	   R version:  version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14)
##     Python version: 3.10.4
##     Operating System: macOS Ventura
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## 	3. Required Python and R-packages: 
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##	   Listed in each file
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## 	4. ```Code```: 
## 	   * To reproduce the results of figure 1, figure 2 of the main paper, and A3, A5, A6, A8 of the appendix:
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##		- "./re_r.R"
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## 	   * Code that reproduces the results of figure 4, figure 5, figure 6, figure 7 of the main paper, and A4 of the appendix:
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##		- "./re_py.ipynb"
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## 	   * Code that reproduces the results of figure 3 of the main paper:
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##		- "./figure3code.ipynb" (use R kernel in Jupyter notebook) 
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##	5. The code reproduces the following figures
##	Figures 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b of the main manuscript
##	Figures a and b of the Appendix A3, figures of the Appendices A4, A5, A6 and A8
##	The article contains no statistical tables
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